WorkHorace

“Epodes V and XVII”

Epodes V and XVII (c. 30 BCE) Inferred

Horace · c. 30 BCE

InferredFuller uses 'Canidias' (plural) as a type ? a malevolent witch who injures through her presence ? drawn from 'ancient superstition.' Canidia is best known from Horace's Epodes V and XVII (c. 30 BCE), where she is a terrifying witch who uses magic for harm. The name became a literary type for the malevolent witch.

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Documented 1843

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York1record

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

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“This demoniacal impulse and power, which were ascribed to the Canidias of ancient superstition, may be seen subtly influencing the members of every-day society.”

Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.

Inferred Fuller uses 'Canidias' (plural) as a type ? a malevolent witch who injures through her presence ? drawn from 'ancient superstition.' Canidia is best known from Horace's “Epodes V and XVII” (c. 30 BCE), where she is a terrifying witch who uses magic for harm. The name became a literary type for the malevolent witch.